This is an analysis of the poem On Church Communion - Part Iv. that begins with:

A Christian, in so catholic a sense,
Can give to none, but partial minds offence;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcc Xbaadd eeffbb bbggbb cchhii hhcg gcc jjbbff kkXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,4,3,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010011001 1101110110 1011010101 11010010001 0101011101 1110010101 1101010110 1101010001 0101010111 0100010001 0101011101 0101110101 1001010101 10010010111 0101101101 1101100101 1001000101 1010110101 0101010110 0111011101 0011111101 1110111001 1001010011 0100110011 1101010111 0001000101 0101010101 0100011101 0101111001 0101010101 1101000111 1101110011 110111 1111 1101010101 1111110001 0101010011 1101011101 0101010111 1011011001 0101000101 1001000101 1001010101 0111110101 0101010101 0100110010 11010010101 1111011001 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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